Isaac L. Auerbach (October 9, 1921 – December 24, 1992) [1] was an early advocate and pioneer of computing technologies, holder of 15 patents, founding president of the International Federation for Information Processing (1960–1965), [2] [3] a member of the National Academy of Sciences, an executive at the Burroughs Corporation and a developer of first computers at Sperry Univac. [4] [5] International Federation for Information Processing established Isaac L. Auerbach Award in his name. [6]
Auerbach was elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society in 1975 for his pioneering work in computing technologies. He graduated from Drexel University (BS) and Harvard University (MS). [7]